Reviews of what I'm reading. Mostly in the Horror genre, but you never know.

Thursday, October 3, 2013

Summer's End - by Lisa Morton

5 of 5 Stars Review copyWhat a great way to kick off the Halloween season. Can you think of anything better than a new novella from the writer who's become synonymous with the holiday?Lisa Morton is the author of Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween which was awarded the 2012 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Non-fiction, and also won the Grand Prize at the 2012 Halloween Book Festival causing her to become affectionately known as the Queen of Halloween.Summer's End is unique in that the writer is also the protagonist in the story which leads to this epic opening line. "My name is Lisa Morton. I'm one of the world's leading authorities on Halloween. And this year I discovered that everything I thought I knew, was wrong."The title explanation was was pretty good, too. "...the Celts had celebrated 'summer's end' (the literal translation of 'Samhain') with a three-day long party of drinking, feasting and horse racing."What follows is an entertaining blend of real-life Lisa and story Lisa as the author finds herself caught up in desperate attempt to set history back on it's proper track.Plenty of scarey moments and a few that can best be described as cringe-worthy. Summer's End by Lisa Morton is officially available on October 4th, 2013 from Journalstone Publishing. If you'd like something fresh to kick-start your Halloween spirit, this is the one.Strongly recommended.